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United States has announced plans to increase vaccinations further, saying that it will make July 4th, an Independence Day, as Corona Independence Day. It is likely that even adolescents and children will be vaccinated soon. That means that there is enough room for the vaccine, but it is delaying the decision on the issue of suspending the intellectual property rights of the vaccine.



Correspondent Yoon-soo Kim came from Washington.



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US President Biden has set a new goal that by July 4th, 70% of American adults will be vaccinated more than once.



About half of all Americans have been vaccinated to make it possible to become independent from corona even if they are not immunized.



[Biden/US President: Get the vaccine. Two months later, let's celebrate'Corona 19 Independence' on the American Independence Day together.] With



approval from the US Food and Drug Administration early next week, vaccinations for adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 will begin.



In September, Pfizer plans to apply for emergency vaccine use approval for children under the age of 11, so vaccinations for all age groups are expected to be available in the near future.



Considering that the vaccination rate, which exceeded 3 million times a day, has been slow to 2.2 million times, it has also introduced incentives such as discounts on groceries, giving tickets to sports events, and operating a pharmacy that provides vaccinations without reservations.



The situation is literally overflowing with vaccines, but on the issue of the suspension of intellectual property rights for vaccines to support the international community, he has postponed the decision and said he will expand the amount of support.



[Biden/U.S. President: We will take action in a hurry to produce as many Modena and Pfizer vaccines as possible and apply them to the world.]



Thanks to the pouring of vaccines while adhering to the US priority, the US has been confirmed to have died of COVID-19. Embroidery fell to one-fifth compared to the worst in January.



(Video coverage: Oh Jeongsik, video editing: Commissioner Yang)